IN the course of their work, TIME ' correspondents, writers and editors enjoy contact with most of the world's newsmakers. Recently, we started a new program of inviting some of these newsmakers to address the entire staff of the magazine. So far this year, our guests have included New York City's mayor, John Lindsay, and Comedian-Politician Dick Gregory. Last week TIME'S 300-seat auditorium had an S.R.O. crowd for William F. Buckley Jr., witty archconservationist of conservatism.
We are progressing into an "Age of Unreason," said the columnist, commentator and quondam politician. Its heroes include "Norman Mailer and a couple of children in...